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Why do my Xcode default font starts to look ugly after some time, until I restart?

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I plugged in an external monitor. All resolutions match perfectly. MacBookPro LCD is closed. After restarting Xcode editor fonts look very bad. Only in Xcode. When I restart the mac and DON'T use an external monitor, fonts look all right again. When I attach the monitor and close the LCD of the Mac…

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Fix for: Why do my Xcode default font starts to look ugly after some time, until I restart?

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I am assuming you are using Snow Leopard. Try this from a terminal and then restart XCode. Changing the 3 at the end will control how much anti-aliasing happens on the fonts and may range from 0-3 I believe. 0 being off, 1 being light anti-aliasing …

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